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I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
Echo
You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I’m quick when I’m thin and slow when I’m fat. The wind is my enemy. What am I?
Candle
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
Map
What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
The letter: "R"
It is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space. It is the start of every end, the end of every place. What is it?
The letter: "E"
Credit: https://www.smartbrainpuzzles.com/blog/riddles-with-answers/
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter: "M"
When you need me, You throw me away. But when you are done with me, You bring me back. What am I?
An anchor
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What has 13 hearts but no other organs?
A deck of cards
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I am something people love or hate. I change people’s appearances and thoughts. If a person takes care of themself I will go up even higher. To some people, I will fool them. To others, I am a mystery. Some people might want to try and hide me but I will show. No matter how hard people try I will never go down. What am I?
Only one color, but not one size, stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies. What am I?
A shadow
Credit: https://www.smartbrainpuzzles.com/blog/riddles-with-answers/
What disappears as soon as you say its name?
Silence
With pointed fangs I sit and wait; with piercing force I crunch out fate; grabbing victims, proclaiming might; physically joining with a single bite. What am I?
A stapler
Credit: https://www.smartbrainpuzzles.com/blog/riddles-with-answers/
You go at red and stop at green. What am I?
I’m a fruit.
If you take away my first letter, I’m a crime.
If you take away my first two letters, I’m an animal.
If you take away my first and last letters, I’m a form of music.
What am I?
Grape
A cowboy rides into town on Friday. He stays three days, then rides out of town on Friday. How?
Horse name is Friday
Credits: https://www.womansday.com/life/entertainment/a39225370/riddles-for-adults/#logic-riddles-for-adults
The first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire world signifies a great woman. What is the word?
Heroine
Though it is not an ox, it has horns. Though it is not a donkey, it has packed-saddle. And wherever it goes it leaves silver behind.
A snail
I break but never fall. And I fall but never break. What are we?
Day and night
Credit: https://www.rd.com/article/short-riddles/#short-%e2%80%9cwhat-am-i%e2%80%9d-riddles
What thrives when you feed it but dies when you water it?
What's lighter than a feather but impossible to hold for much more than a minute?
What belongs to you, but everyone else uses it.
Your name
I have seas without water.
I have forests without wood.
I have deserts without sand.
I have houses with no brick.
What am I?
A map
I have a thousand wheels, but move I do not. Call me what I am, call me a lot.
A parking lot
A man was driving his truck. His lights weren’t on. The moon was not out. There were no streetlights. Up ahead, a woman was crossing the street. Luckily, the truck driver stopped in time—how did he see her?
Daytime
Credit: https://www.rd.com/article/short-riddles/#short-hard-riddles
Throw away the outside and cook the inside, then eat the outside and throw away the inside. What is it?